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Detection performances obtained with one vertical and three horizontal target elements clustered together and displayed such that they formed a schematic face-like pattern were significantly better than those obtained with the same clustered target elements displayed in an arbitrary, symmetrical or asymmetrical, configuration. This was so even though the identification of the face and nonface stimuli was well below the detection threshold of their parts.
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The existence of a context(face)-superiority effect at the detection level indicates top-down/bottom-up interactions between remote visual processing stages.
PMID: 2336335 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
References
Gorea A, Julesz B. 1990. Context superiority in a detection task with line-element stimuli: a low-level effect. Perception. 19(1):5-16.
Detection performances obtained with one vertical and three horizontal target elements clustered together and displayed such that they formed a schematic face-like pattern were significantly better than those obtained with the same clustered target elements displayed in an arbitrary, symmetrical or asymmetrical, configuration. This was so even though the identification of the face and nonface stimuli was well below the detection threshold of their parts.
:
The existence of a context(face)-superiority effect at the detection level indicates top-down/bottom-up interactions between remote visual processing stages.
PMID: 2336335 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
References
Gorea A, Julesz B. 1990. Context superiority in a detection task with line-element stimuli: a low-level effect. Perception. 19(1):5-16.